I can't gracefully handle situations when I have to hear people tell me how awful my philosophy, group, or values are and I'm not allowed to respond or my response is ignored. But that's what things are like these days. So my frustration is getting internalized. And it's bound to come out inappropriately when I don't want it to. So apologies in advance for ripping your face off. You don't deserve that overreaction.
@jason I am a civil servant. It's my job. I can't say anything back and I can't even publicly express my outrage about what is politically troubling. As a person who gets passionate about stuff, it can be maddening. I keep my real job issues out of the public eye.
@Idoubtit ooohhhhhhhhhhh. I am so, so, so, so sorry. I tried living with that sort of dissonance once. I worked at a religious bookstore. Customers, assuming I believed exactly the same things they did, would cheerily start conversations with me about their pet issue, never considering they might be saying something horribly offesnive to me or others in the store. I couldn't say anything because, hey, customer service.
That comfort they felt in being so nasty in front of me made me sick.
It's okay, we totally understand. Grump away as needed!
@Idoubtit does this happen frequently for you? I'd lose my mind.